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New to Homeschooling? Begin Reading Here

Beginning to Homeschool
Education is not the filling of a pail,
but the lighting of a fire
-- W. B. Yeats

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Planning the Best Homeschooling Education

Don't Let Teaching Science Stress You Out!

Janice VanCleave Wants to Exchange Ideas
My experience with blogging has made me very empathetic with educators who find the idea of teaching science stressful. I want everyone to love it as much as I do. While this may be an unobtainable goal, I know that I can make it more fun and certainly less fearful for educators. I just need help in making my science ideas more useful in a homeschool setting.
By Science Experiments Books Author, Janice VanCleave

College Tests

ACT Releases Class of 2008 Test Scores

Click here or on graph for Excel spreadsheet.
2008 ACT High School Profile Report NEW
Check out this National Data! For the graduating class of 2008, 11,195 students who list themselves as homeschooled took the test, and their average composite score was 22.4. [1,420,000 students took the test in all, averaging 21.1.] [0.78% homeschoolers].
College Tests

California Homeschoolers Win Landmark Case

California Homeschoolers Win Landmark Case - 8/8/08
The California Court of Appeals had ruled in favor of homeschooling in our state.

Free Homeschool Planner and Recording Spreadsheet for 2008 -2009

• My Excel spreadsheet planning template for all days in the homeschool year 2008 - 2009.
• Felicia Gershberg's Excel spreadsheet planning template for only weekdays in the homeschool year 2008 - 2009. Time expressed in decimal fractions.

Plan and track your curriculum used, educational projects, books read, and more. For more information about this planner and other available homeschooling planners, please visit my Homeschooling Records and Reports page.

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• Look right --> to see what our wonderful sponsors have to offer!
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  Those designing their own custom homeschooling program will like these.
• See what our Top 10 Homeschool Books have for curriculum ideas!
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• Check our Curriculum Shopping section for advice, tips, and homeschool-friendly vendors.
• Check our A2Z Homeschooling Classifieds, especially when cleaning out your old home education curriculum.
• Look online for homeschooling curriculum, games, books, and toys.
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Buy Recycled Used Curriculum

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Updated page full of new places to donate, swap or sell your previously read, but still in good condition homeschool materials. These are also excellent resources for frugal families looking for great deals!

Book for Homeschool Co-op Members and Leaders

What to Know Before You Join a Homeschool Co-op - 5/13/08
Carol Topp discusses some of the disadvantages of co-oping.

Public Relations Basics

The Homeschooling Image: Public Relations Basics - 4/7/08
A free ebook version of Mary Griffith's The Homeschooling Image: Public Relations Basics, originally published in 1996. Updated in 2008. Pass it along to those in your support groups. Mary not only explains about talking with the press and to radio talk show hosts, but also the ins and outs of putting on a workshop or being part of a conference. It also could help the ordinary new homeschool mom just trying to explain what she's doing to her mother-in-law or the grocery clerk!

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Come enjoy our homeschooling chats in our A2Z Homeschool Chat Room. This page has our hosted chat schedule, when your favorite homeschool moms are in there to answer questions. Do not worry! This chat application is so easy anybody can use it! Sign in with any name or screen name you'd like. No registration. Nothing to download. Click on the "?" to get tips on using the features.

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